Biggest Loser 9 Spring Challenge -- thread closing -- see new thread Part 2!

[LuvBaloo]

Monday QOTD: What is your favorite leisure activity?

reading, tickling my kids, needlework, and little time-consuming games on facebook (farmville and now zooville)



Jennz - hope your DD feels better soon, 4 days is a long time to feel .

 

[princessbride6205]

Monday QOTD: What is your favorite leisure activity?
Reading is probably my favorite. I do enjoy watching TV if it's a favorite show, especially ones DH and I watch together.

I had a great weekend, exercise-wise. Mall-walking and a 3.5mile TM run on Saturday (16k total steps on my pedometer), then 40 minutes easy outdoor jog on Sunday. I'm trying to plan my week to get in 3 more runs before we leave for WDW on Saturday morning. Do you think I can run again tonight? Even though that will be 3 days in a row? I'm not sprinting at all or running longer than 3.5 miles. I just don't know if I can fit a run in my schedule on Tuesday.

 

[lovedvc]

One of my favorite leisure activities is planning for Disney. This morning I was 180 days out so I was able to make all the reservations for the 21 people in our party. I am so thrilled that I was able to book Le Cellier, I haven't been there in a few years. I thought I would have to skip it because of our large party. But I was on the phone at 7 am as soon as they opened. I just have to make one change to a Whispering Canyon reservation, but we are trying to get Raglan Road before we cancel.

This weekend was a huge success for me. I was able to stay within my points and only use 19 flex points. For the first time ever I took out my weight watchers scale and weighed my meats with company over. I was even able to have 2 cookies and a sliver of Entenmann's chocolate marshmallow cake.

 

[jbm02]

I had so many pages to catch up on that my sign-in period timed out! So I know I am missing a few things...

We're going to watch Miracle tomorrow. Getting psyched for the Olympics in a few weeks! I LOVE the OLYMPICS!

Have a good night!

...bringing back such great memories. I wasn't at that game but was in Lake Placid for the Olympics that night. The whole place was going nuts!!!

I've got some catching up to do!!

[Sunday QOTD: What is one good thing you can do for yourself this weekend?

Monday QOTD: What is your favorite leisure activity?

What did I do for myself this weekend? I spent the whole weekend getting the house pulled together - laundry, dusting, putting all any Christmas decorations that were overlooked, mopped floors, cleaned the stove and fridge - it might not sound like much but it felt so good to have it all done!!!
It makes me feel like I have a little control over my life again. Last week was a little crazy; this was a good way for me to start off this week.

My favorite leisure activity is reading - but since I tend to eat mindlessly while I do it, I've been consciously rationing that lately. Instead of sitting down to read, I've been trying to think of active things to do - whether inside or outside the house. And now my "new thing" to do for myself is keeping up with this thread - it gives me the motivation to keep going...!!!

For those of you who have done the Princess (or plan to do the 2010 Princess), when did you sign up???

 

[tigger813]

I had so many pages to catch up on that my sign-in period timed out! So I know I am missing a few things...



...bringing back such great memories. I wasn't at that game but was in Lake Placid for the Olympics that night. The whole place was going nuts!!!


What did I do for myself this weekend? I spent the whole weekend getting the house pulled together - laundry, dusting, putting all any Christmas decorations that were overlooked, mopped floors, cleaned the stove and fridge - it might not sound like much but it felt so good to have it all done!!!
It makes me feel like I have a little control over my life again. Last week was a little crazy; this was a good way for me to start off this week.

My favorite leisure activity is reading - but since I tend to eat mindlessly while I do it, I've been consciously rationing that lately. Instead of sitting down to read, I've been trying to think of active things to do - whether inside or outside the house. And now my "new thing" to do for myself is keeping up with this thread - it gives me the motivation to keep going...!!!

For those of you who have done the Princess (or plan to do the 2010 Princess), when did you sign up???

Where in upstate NY are you? I was born in Amsterdam.

I still remember it and I remember the game on the Sunday. The minister at our church kept his sermon short that day so we could all go home and watch the hockey game! Just hope we have a good team again this year!

GO TEAM USA!

 

[jbm02]

Where in upstate NY are you? I was born in Amsterdam.

I still remember it and I remember the game on the Sunday. The minister at our church kept his sermon short that day so we could all go home and watch the hockey game! Just hope we have a good team again this year!

GO TEAM USA!

Hi Tigger!!!
I was born and raised in Troy - just east of Amsterdam. I was a freshman in high school and my parents took my sisters and me out of school to drive up to Placid. My cousins had a hunting cottage up there (RUSTIC!!! - we had to prime the pump ala "Little House on the Prairie" for water...) . The atmosphere up there was incredible - I've been to the Frozen Four (college hockey - Go RPI, Go Friars!) and Final Four (college basketball - Go, Friars!!) and it couldn't match what that small town was like that night!!!
I'll definitely be watching both mens and womens hockey as much as possible. GO USA!!!

 

[mikamah]

Sunday QOTD: What is one good thing you can do for yourself this weekend?

In retrospect, I got away for the weekend. We went to the museum of science on saturday, just my son and I, and had a really nice day. The parking lot was full so we had to park at the galleria mall and walk by the river to the museum, and Michael had so much fun throwing snow on the ice trying to crack it. The museum was so fun too, and after we went to a hotel with a pool and swam for a while, and played cards. The tv didn't have much on, which was good, because we spent more time together. On sunday we ordered room service for breakfast, and then swam for a while before we checked out, but on the way home we stopped at chili's for lunch, where I started out ok, but then we shared the molten choc lava cake. Oh well, I did track it all. We played some wiifit plus last night, and watched some tv, and I read. It was a good mental health weekend.

Monday QOTD: What is your favorite leisure activity?

I love to plan and take vacations, photography and scrapbooking.

Today has been better in the eating dept, and I did 45 min wii fit, and then about an hour of shovelling very heavy snow. It looked so pretty, but man it was a back breaker. Hope all of you new englanders are shovelled out without any injuries.

Jennz- I hope you daughter is feeling better soon. I just noticed your sparkly "2010- time to think of me again" in your signature, and I love it. It is so hard to put yourself first, but so necessary.

Donac- Glad your son made it home safely and is doing so well in school. I'm sure it was tough not to have much time with him, but I'm sure the memories he's making will be something he'll never forget.

Lisah- Hope you're enjoying your family day, and I'm sure you ordered a nice healthy lunch. You're right on track this year!

Not a very productive day today for me, but I did finish the book I was reading, so I've got my me time in. I did get to the grocery store and stocked up for the week. Taco's tonight, and tomorrow, and bought chicken for wed-thurs. It does help to plan, but some days, I just don't feel like cooking anything.

Have a great day.

 

[jennz]

In retrospect, I got away for the weekend. We went to the museum of science on saturday, just my son and I, and had a really nice day. The parking lot was full so we had to park at the galleria mall and walk by the river to the museum, and Michael had so much fun throwing snow on the ice trying to crack it. The museum was so fun too, and after we went to a hotel with a pool and swam for a while, and played cards. The tv didn't have much on, which was good, because we spent more time together. On sunday we ordered room service for breakfast, and then swam for a while before we checked out, but on the way home we stopped at chili's for lunch, where I started out ok, but then we shared the molten choc lava cake. Oh well, I did track it all. We played some wiifit plus last night, and watched some tv, and I read. It was a good mental health weekend.

I love to plan and take vacations, photography and scrapbooking.

Today has been better in the eating dept, and I did 45 min wii fit, and then about an hour of shovelling very heavy snow. It looked so pretty, but man it was a back breaker. Hope all of you new englanders are shovelled out without any injuries.

Jennz- I hope you daughter is feeling better soon. I just noticed your sparkly "2010- time to think of me again" in your signature, and I love it. It is so hard to put yourself first, but so necessary.

Donac- Glad your son made it home safely and is doing so well in school. I'm sure it was tough not to have much time with him, but I'm sure the memories he's making will be something he'll never forget.

Lisah- Hope you're enjoying your family day, and I'm sure you ordered a nice healthy lunch. You're right on track this year!

Not a very productive day today for me, but I did finish the book I was reading, so I've got my me time in. I did get to the grocery store and stocked up for the week. Taco's tonight, and tomorrow, and bought chicken for wed-thurs. It does help to plan, but some days, I just don't feel like cooking anything.

Have a great day.

Kathy we're having tacos tonight too! lol I just put them on the stove, I let them simmer for a few hours.

Your weekend sounds wonderful! I'm sure your ds will have some fond memories too.

Feel free to copy my sig - I got it from Buffy (Bernard&MissBianca) I put it up so that I see it and remind myself of that every time I dis, which is kind of often.

Shannon and Kathy - thanks for the well wishes for my dd! Poor kid just seems to catch everything. As an infant/toddler she was rarely sick so maybe she's just getting it all now. She is feeling better today but not good, but at least there's improvement. We watched National Treasure and are watching the second one shortly - I snuck in some treadmill & dis time and started dinner.

Tracey I'll have you know I'm learning how to squeeze this all in from reading your posts even though I probably have 1/3rd of your energy!

 

[sahbushka]

Monday QOTD: What is your favorite leisure activity?

I love to plan vacations, read, and GO on vacations! Woo Hoo! I also really enjoy bowling but don't go very often.

So my big news from the weekend is that I ran for 10 minutes non stop on the treadmill on Sunday! I have never been able to do this before so I feel GREAT about it! I also went to the gym the past 5 days in a row...I won't be going today or tomorrow due to work (I work a double today) and my ww meeting tomorrow.

Have a great day all!

Sarah

 

[Rose&Mike]

Monday QOTD: What is your favorite leisure activity?

I love to plan vacations, read, and GO on vacations! Woo Hoo! I also really enjoy bowling but don't go very often.

So my big news from the weekend is that I ran for 10 minutes non stop on the treadmill on Sunday! I have never been able to do this before so I feel GREAT about it! I also went to the gym the past 5 days in a row...I won't be going today or tomorrow due to work (I work a double today) and my ww meeting tomorrow.

Have a great day all!

Sarah

Sarah---That's awesome! Congratulations.

We bought a new scale today. I know, shouldn't have done it. I weigh 6 pounds more on the new scale than the old scale. I went back to my excel chart and added 6 pounds to all the weights in January. I know, I have still been doing well this year with portions and exercise, but I was really sad to know that I am still in the 180's. I thought I had waved them good-bye last week for good. Oh well, we knew our old scale was off, but didn't think it would be that bad. The most frustrating thing was, DH weight changed by 4 pounds and mine changed by 6. I keep telling myself, it's just a number, it's just a number. The good thing is, no matter where we stand on this scale we get the same answer, so that's encouraging. Hopefully I will see the 170's again sometime in early February.

Q of the Day--My favorite leisure activity is just about anything outside. Luckily winter here is only really bad in December, January and February. We are barely in our house the rest of the year. We have minor league baseball season tickets, and I'll probably start the countdown to opening day soon. We also love Disney and our DVC trips.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Ok, I guess I've prolonged this as long as I can...time to come back to the thread! I left for WDW on 1/7, page 39 of this thread. I came back to page 75, and it was up to this page by the time I read through everything I missed. I can't possibly comment and won't try to -- some amazing losses, some introspective birthdays, and some encouragement is in order for everyone! Great job, you are doing great!

Ok, so after seeing Corinna's time I'm a bit embarrassed to post mine, but I did run the entire half marathon, and I did have a PR and shave 18 minutes off my horrible time last year (when I fell at a speedbump), so maybe I'll inspire someone to do C25k and then go for a Half! I finished in 3:11, and I felt stronger than I have at my two previous finishes. The weather conditions were extremely nasty, and a few years ago, I would have just stayed in bed. That's the mark of how far I've truly come, I am mentally much tougher than I used to be. I had hoped to finish much faster, the week before I did my 10M in 120 minutes. But the real world race conditions were not the same as my basement, and honestly, I was just happy to finish at that point. I also started my further back (many more people to try to get around), since my BIL was doing it for the first time and I started with him (and for some reason he wanted to start at the back of our corral). Still, he finished in 2:20, so it obviously didn't affect him too much.

Anyway, I came back 1 lb. heavier than I left. I think that's a victory, since I did spend a week at WDW and Universal. It's proof that even if you run a half marathon, you still have to be somewhat aware of what you eat, and if you are, it is possible to not gain a crazy amount.

I've had two short runs since I got back, and then I've been on a break. I'm going to plan to run again Thursday, since tomorrow and Wed. are a bit nuts between our senatorial election and a church meeting. My dh works for the City, so he's on "loan" to the election dept. tomorrow. That means I have to get ds to school, vote, then take the "T" (that's the subway) to work, which will get me there about 1.5 hrs. later than usual. I can't complain too much, he has to start checking the polls to make sure they meet the election standards (signage, etc.) at 6AM.

I'm looking forward to getting back into the thread (although I'll be slow since I usually post at work, and I'm returning tomorrow after 12 days away, so I'll just be playing catch-up for awhile), I'm going to get with the COW next Friday, and I've finally watched the 2 BL episodes I missed, so I guess I'm ready to be a Tigger!

Maria

 

[Leader of the Club]

QOTD:
Yesterday was a good day. No binges-I am happy to report that.

Great job! I know you can do it!

 

[wezee]

We bought a new scale today. I know, shouldn't have done it. I weigh 6 pounds more on the new scale than the old scale.

Thanks for this post.....I was actually thinking of looking for a new scale, but now have defiantly decided to keep my old one! It may be off by a pound or so, but I would freak if it said 6 lbs heavier. I'm so glad you are focused and have such a good outlook.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

2 days, no snacking!!! small victories!!!!

 

[cclovesdis]

Great job! I know you can do it!

Thanks! Today was another binge-free day!

Everyone has been so encouraging. I'm so glad I found WISH and BL 9.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Jennz- I hope you daughter is feeling better soon. I just noticed your sparkly "2010- time to think of me again" in your signature, and I love it. It is so hard to put yourself first, but so necessary.

Feel free to take it Maria!!! Anyone here who wants to use it is more then welcome. Hopefully it can motivate us to stay on track. I've been saying every day when I feel myself slipping back into old habits of putting everyone else first.

 

[donac]

Welcome back Worfiedoodle. Glad to hear you finished. That is quite an accompllishment

Had a long day today. No exercise in. I had a dentist appointment at 8:30. The entire left side of my face was numb until 1:30. I came home at 9:30 and dh took my car and went to the movies. I took a nap and didn't do much the rest of the day.

I did go to a book store to pick up a book and it was $10 more than I thought I was going to pay. I came home and went on line to order it and I got it at the price I saw on line last night. While I was trying to check out the price changed on me. I spent 25 minutes complaining to the company. I even spoke to a manager. I know it was only $5 but how could they change the price when I was just getting ready to put my charge card in and push send.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Thanks for this post.....I was actually thinking of looking for a new scale, but now have defiantly decided to keep my old one! It may be off by a pound or so, but I would freak if it said 6 lbs heavier. I'm so glad you are focused and have such a good outlook.

Honestly, I cried when I saw it. We actually bought one scale and it said 10 pounds heavier. We took that one back, and settled on this one. Now that the shock has worn off, I'm good with it. I've stepped on it lots of times and am consistently getting the same number, which still may not be exactly right, but at least it's consistent. DH said the number it gives him is what he gets on the scale at the Y. LuvBaloo was awesome and added 6 pounds to all my weights so far, so at least I will be able to see if I'm going up or down.

cclovesdis-- Congrats on another binge free day. I am a binger at times, so I know how hard it can be. The chips and dip (at the grocery store a mile away) were calling me this afternoon. I went to the Y instead.

 

[heatherlynn444]

everyone has been doing so great!

today we had beautiful weather in MS< sunny high 62. we ran when it was about 50 and it was perfect! did 5 miles and felt great all day. wish I could run in the morning more oftern (had the day off MLK day)

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Ok, here we go. Accountability time for me. I've lost 6.1 lbs so far in our challenge. . .UNTIL this past weekend. We went to my parents' cabin for the long weekend, and I ate and ate and ate. I had packed (mostly) healthy meals, but I snacked, etc., and there was NO time to exercise! I fully expect to have gained back ALL of that, plus my not-so-friendly monthly visitor is on her way. This week may not be a great weigh-in, but I've got to get back on the bandwagon!! I had to come here and get re-motivated! My health is too important to let it go by the wayside!!